Untitled (Illuminated Initial)

A gold, red, blue and green ornamental manuscript initial of a group hymn book; cut out of original manuscript. It dates from ca. 1500 and is from Verona, Italy.

In Collection:
Subject Language Identifier
  • Legacy Art Gallery Accession No. U009.16.300
  • Shelf Mark: Fragm.Lat.29
Date created Resource type Rights statement Extent
  • 1 fragment ; 15 x 14.5 cm
Geographic coverage Coordinates
  • 45.4299, 10.98444
Additional physical characteristics
  • Made with gold leaf, tempera, and shell gold on vellum.
Physical repository Collection
  • Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
Provenance
  • One of two medieval manuscript fragments collected by Sydney Wayne Jackman and originally donated to the Legacy Art Gallery. Transferred to UVic Special Collection from the Legacy Art Gallery, 2021.
Provider Genre Archival item identifier
  • Accession Number: 2022-006; Item: 1
Fonds title Fonds identifier Is referenced by Date digitized
  • October 21, 2022
Technical note
  • Scanned concurrently on Betterlight TTI (1/20; 283; copy4 tone; camera height 900) by PD. Metadata by KD.
Rights
  • Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original. This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.
DOI

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